DD, AIR plans to cover border areas terrestrially

NEW DELHI: All areas uncovered by terrestrial transmitters in border areas along with the rest of the country have been provided with multichannel television coverage through Doordarshan?s free-to-air direct-to-home platform DD Direct Plus which can be received anywhere in the country with small sized dish receiver units.

However, All India Radio and DD terrestrial coverage in the border areas in Jammu and Kashmir is being strengthened with an outlay of Rs 1 billion in the 11th Plan.

The scheme includes projects of establishment of five high power transmitters in J&K: two at Rajouri and one each in the Kashmir, Jammu, and Ladakh regions.

A total of 273 TV transmitters of varying power are presently functioning in the border areas all over the country.